John Adam QUACKENBUSH

(1828-1908)

QUACKENBUSH, John Adam, a
Representative from New York; born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October 15, 1828; attended the district schools and
the local academy in Stillwater, N.Y.; engaged in agricultural
pursuits and was also interested in the lumber business; supervisor
of Schaghticoke 1860-1862; chairman of the Board of Supervisors of
Rensselaer County in 1862; member of the State assembly in 1862;
sheriff of Rensselaer County 1873-1876; elected as a Republican to
the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3,
1893); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the
Fifty-third Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in
Schaghticoke, N.Y., May 11, 1908; interment in the City
Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present